Reykjavík

See also: Reykjavik

English

Alternative forms

• Reykjavik

Etymology

From Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛk.jə.vɪk/, /ˈɹeɪk.jə.vɪk/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Proper noun

Reykjavík

1. The capital city of Iceland.

Translations

capital of Iceland

• Albanian: Reykjavík (sq) m
• Amharic: ሬይኪያቪክ (reykiyavik)
• Arabic: رِيكْيَافِيك‎ f (rikyāfik)

  Hijazi Arabic: ريكياڤيك‎ f (rēkyāvīk), ريكاڤيك‎ f (rēkāvīk)

• Armenian: Ռեյկյավիկ (Ṙeykyavik)
• Azerbaijani: Reykyavik
• Belarusian: Рэйк'я́вік m (Rejkʺjávik)
• Bengali: রেইকিয়াভিক (reikiẏabhik)
• Bulgarian: Рейкя́вик m (Rejkjávik)
• Burmese: ရေဂျာဗစ်မြို့ (regyabacmrui.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雷克雅維克／雷克雅维克 (leoi⁴ hak¹ ngaa⁵ wai⁴ hak¹)

  Mandarin: 雷克雅維克／雷克雅维克 (zh) (Léikèyǎwéikè)

• Czech: Reykjavík (cs) m
• Danish: Reykjavik (da)
• Dutch: Reykjavik (nl) n
• Esperanto: Rejkjaviko (eo)
• Estonian: Reykjavík (et)
• Faroese: Reykjavík f
• Finnish: Reykjavik (fi)
• French: Reykjavík (fr) m
• Galician: Reiquiavik (gl) m
• Georgian: რეიკიავიკი (reiḳiaviḳi)
• German: Reykjavík (de) n
• Greek: Ρέικιαβικ (el) n (Réikiavik), Ρέυκιαβικ (el) n (Réykiavik)
• Hawaiian: Leikawiʻika
• Hebrew: רייקיאוויק‎ f (reikyavik)
• Hindi: रेक्याविक m (rekyāvik)
• Hungarian: Reykjavík (hu)
• Icelandic: Reykjavík (is) f
• Indonesian: Reykjavík
• Irish: Réicivíc f
• Italian: Reykjavik f
• Japanese: レイキャビク (ja) (Reikyabiku)
• Kazakh: Рейкьявик (Reikävik)
• Khmer: រ៉ៃក្យាវិក (km) (raykyaavɨk)
• Korean: 레이캬비크 (ko) (Reikyabikeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Reykjavîk

• Kyrgyz: Рейкьявик (Reykʹyavik)
• Latin: Reykiavica
• Latvian: Reikjavīka f
• Lithuanian: Reikjavikas m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Reykjavik n

• Macedonian: Рејкја́вик m (Rejkjávik)
• Malay: Reykjavík
• Maltese: Rejkjavik
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Рейкьявик (Rejkʹjavik)

• Navajo: Siil Nástłʼah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Reykjavík, Reykjavik (no)

  Nynorsk: Røykjavik f, Reykjavík f

• Pashto: ريکياويک‎ m (rikyāwík)
• Pennsylvania German: Reykjavík
• Persian: ریکیاویک‎ (reykyâvik)
• Polish: Rejkiawik (pl) m, Reykjavik (pl) m
• Portuguese: Reiquejavique (pt) f
• Russian: Рейкья́вик (ru) m (Rejkʹjávik)
• Samogitian: Rėikjavėks m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Рејкјавик m

  Roman: Reykjavík m

• Slovak: Reykjavík m
• Slovene: Reykjavik m
• Spanish: Reikiavik (es) m
• Swedish: Reykjavik (sv)
• Tagalog: Reikiavik
• Tajik: Рейкявик (Reykyavik)
• Tamil: ரெய்க்யவிக் (reykyavik)
• Thai: เรคยาวิก (th) (rék-yaa-wìk)
• Turkish: Reykjavík
• Turkmen: Reýkýawik
• Ukrainian: Рейк'я́вік m (Rejkʺjávik)
• Urdu: ریکیاوک‎ m (rekyāvik)
• Uyghur: رېيكياۋىك‎ (rëykyawik)
• Uzbek: Reykyavik
• Vietnamese: Rây-ki-a-vích, Rê-ki-a-vích
• Yiddish: רייקיאַוויק‎ n (reykyavik), רעקיאַוויק‎ n (rekyavik)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɪkjaviːk]

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Reykjavík m

1. Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)

Estonian

Etymology

From the Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).

Proper noun

Reykjavík

1. Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)

Faroese

Proper noun

Reykjavík f

1. Reykjavík (the capital and largest city of Iceland)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrei̯kjɑʋik/, [ˈre̞i̯kjɑʋik]

Proper noun

Reykjavík

1. Alternative spelling of Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland

Declension

Inflection of Reykjavík (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Reykjavík	—
genitive		Reykjavíkin	—
partitive		Reykjavíkia	—
illative		Reykjavíkiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Reykjavík	—
accusative	nom.	Reykjavík	—
	gen.	Reykjavíkin
genitive		Reykjavíkin	—
partitive		Reykjavíkia	—
inessive		Reykjavíkissa	—
elative		Reykjavíkista	—
illative		Reykjavíkiin	—
adessive		Reykjavíkilla	—
ablative		Reykjavíkilta	—
allative		Reykjavíkille	—
essive		Reykjavíkina	—
translative		Reykjavíkiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Reykjavíkitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Reykjavík (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Reykjavíkini	Reykjavíkimme
2nd person	Reykjavíkisi	Reykjavíkinne
3rd person	Reykjavíkinsa

French

Etymology

From Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.kja.vik/, /ʁe.kja.vik/

Proper noun

Reykjavík ?

1. Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “bay of smokes”, from Old Norse Reykjavík, from reykja (genitive plural of reykr (“smoke”)) +‎ vík (“bay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈreiːcaˌviːk]

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Reykjavík f

1. Reykjavík (a city in Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Iceland; capital city of Iceland)

Declension

declension of Reykjavík

f-s3	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Reykjavík
accusative	Reykjavík
dative	Reykjavík
genitive	Reykjavíkur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Røykjavik
• Reykjavik

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rœʏçaviːk/, [²rœʏː.çɐ̞.ʋiˑk]

Proper noun

Reykjavík f

1. Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)

Old Norse

Etymology

From reykir, plural of reykr (“smoke”) + vík (“bay”).

Proper noun

Reykjavík f

1. Reykjavík (referring to the bay between Seltjarnarnes and the mouth of the Elliðaár and the farm nearby where Ingólfr Arnarson lived)

Descendants

• Icelandic: Reykjavík

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík, from Old Norse Reykjavík.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛjˈkja.vik/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -avik
• Syllabification: Rey‧kja‧vík

Proper noun

Reykjavík m inan

1. Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)

Declension

Declension of Reykjavík

	singular
nominative	Reykjavík
genitive	Reykjavíku
dative	Reykjavíkowi
accusative	Reykjavík
instrumental	Reykjavíkiem
locative	Reykjavíku
vocative	Reykjavíku

Derived terms

adjective

• reykjavícki

 

Further reading

• Reykjavík in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Reykjavík in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Reykjavík

1. Alternative spelling of Reiquejavique

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrejkjaviːk]

Proper noun

Reykjavík m inan (genitive singular Reykjavíku, declension pattern of dub)

1. Reykjavík (the capital of Iceland)

References

• Reykjavík in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk